spawn
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Recorded since 1413; from Middle English spawne, spawnen, from Anglo-Norman espaundre, from Old French espandre, from Latin expandere (“stretch out", "spread out”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔːn
[edit] Verb
spawn (third-person singular simple present spawns, present participle spawning, simple past and past participle spawned)
- (transitive) To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.
- (transitive) To generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers.
- (transitive) To bring forth in general.
- (transitive) To induce (aquatic organisms) to spawn
- (transitive) To plant with fungal spawn
- (intransitive) To deposit (numerous) eggs in water.
- (intransitive) To reproduce, especially in large numbers.
- (intransitive, video games) (of a character or object) To appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time.
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[edit] Translations
to produce or deposit (eggs) in water
to generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers
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to bring forth in general
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to induce (aquatic organisms) to spawn
to plant with fungal spawn
to deposit (numerous) eggs in water
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to reproduce, especially in large numbers
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to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time
[edit] Noun
spawn (plural spawn)
- The numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
- Mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation
- (by extension) Any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring
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the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism
mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation
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any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring
